Buffet

Tis the season for office lunches, those collegial, food-focused gatherings of your cubicle cohorts. Sometimes the boss shows up. Sometimes there's booze. And sometimes the biggest challenge comes if the meal is a buffet. Why? Well, you don't have a server to take your order and deliver your plate to your table. Instead, you'll be scooping things onto your plate, deciding what to scoop up, then carrying that plate to the table. With colleagues — and perhaps a boss — looking on. ...

Caesars Entertainment, which operates Harrah's and Horseshoe resort and casino properties, said Wednesday that it won't renew its licensing deal with Paula Deen in the wake of accusations the celebrity chef used racial slurs. Caesars operates Paula Deen-themed restaurants at four of its properties, including Harrah's Joliet. That hotel and casino will change the name of Paula Deen restaurant to "The Restaurant at Harrah's" while it works on a permanent rebranding, the company said in...

Of all the political jabbering offered up in the gender pay debate, the most important question was asked, naturally, by a woman. Olga Khazan. She's an editor with The Atlantic, one of those well-written magazines that thin, rich liberals read. But Khazan, writing from Brazil, didn't play symbolic politics with American gender wars. Instead, she got right down to the bloody heart of the equity issue by daring to ask a question: Why do men and women pay the same...

By Martha Stewart. New York Times News Service, (copyright) 1999, Martha Stewart | September 12, 1999

Entertaining should be a pleasure, not a chore. When you have a buffet-style party, whether formal or casual, big or small, the event will be as enjoyable and relaxing for you as it is for your guests. With a buffet, you can accommodate any number of people. Even with a large group, you won't spend the whole time serving (or hours cleaning up), because extensive settings of china and silverware aren't required. Your guests will appreciate a buffet. A meal set out in a central location...

By Jeffrey L. Seglin, Tribune Content Agency and The Right Thing | March 25, 2014

If a colleague interprets rules differently from you, does that make her unethical? A reader from the Midwest seems to think so. The reader has a colleague who works as a counselor for her church's youth group. Until some members of the youth group are baptized, the coworker said she had chosen to abstain from eating bread. "In her mind, this is some sort of meaningful religious sacrifice," the reader writes, suggesting he's doubtful that the meaningfulness extends beyond his coworker's...

The Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry will offer a four-hour Lake Michigan cruise and dinner buffet aboard The Mussette I, a 120-foot yacht, from 5:30 to 11 p.m. Saturday. Transportation from the chamber office to the dock and back is included in the $70 cost for members, $85 for non-members. For reservations, call 630-968-4050.

LONDON (Reuters) - Ailing emerging markets are caught between a rock and a hard place - Washington and Beijing to be more precise. For much of 2013, the investor narrative was that currencies and stock markets from Mumbai to Moscow and Istanbul to Johannesburg were running aground as Federal Reserve largesse ebbed away. As the Fed slows its printing presses and reins in global liquidity via higher U.S. Treasury yields and a rising dollar, those markets that gained most...

Of all the political jabbering offered up in the gender pay debate, the most important question was asked, naturally, by a woman. Olga Khazan. She's an editor with The Atlantic, one of those well-written magazines that thin, rich liberals read. But Khazan, writing from Brazil, didn't play symbolic politics with American gender wars. Instead, she got right down to the bloody heart of the equity issue by daring to ask a question: Why do men and women pay the same...

LONDON (Reuters) - The British spy chief whose agency was accused in documents leaked by former U.S. intelligence operative Edward Snowden of playing a principal role in mass Anglo-U.S. surveillance will step down at year end, Britain's Foreign Office said on Tuesday. The leaks detailed the close cooperation of Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping agency with the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), and embarrassed and angered the British government and its spy...

Whether it's a lunchtime steam-table spread at a Chinese restaurant or an elegant Sunday brunch with carving stations at a big hotel, buffets offer an eye-popping array of choices, from soup to nuts. The temptation to load up your plate as you go down the line is a key concern for anyone trying to stick to weight-control goals, but that doesn't mean buffets automatically fall into the diet danger zone. Buffets are billed as "all you can eat." But rethink that as "all you want to eat," and...

Tinley Park The Golden Corral buffet restaurant has opened at 6803 W. 159th St. in Tinley Park and a manager said it has been "very busy in its first week. " The 11,000-square-foot restaurant has parking for more than 150 cars and seating for 440 in its location in front of the Menard's home improvement store at 159th Street and Oak Park Avenue. The restaurant, which features breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet options along with specialty options such as a chocolate fountain and steak...

Save-A-Pet: An outdoor celebrity chef buffet and Champagne cocktails will highlight a benefit for Save-A-Pet, a non-profit organization that provides shelter and care for unclaimed pets from area pounds, noon to 4 p.m. Sunday at Melange Restaurant, Northfield Village Square just south of Willow Road, Northfield. Profits go to the Myrna Gand Memorial Fund for a puppy room at the new shelter. Chefs for the buffet include David Jarvis, Tony Mantuano, Rick Tramonto and pastry chefs Gale...

Bad and stupid is no way to go through the NFL. However, those are good reasons the Bears have fallen to 6-6 and seemingly had their season ended after a 23-20 overtime loss to the Vikings. The Bears always have depended upon the stupidity and ineptitude of opponents, and the Vikings were trying to accommodate them. But the Bears refused to take it from a 2-8-1 team. Bad and stupid, indeed. So much bad and stupid from both teams. The Bears let a wide receiver run 33...

Sometimes a good restaurant can be frustrating if there are too many temptations on the menu. But for fans of Chinese cuisine, the owners of the Sesame Chinese Restaurant in Carol Stream have an answer. "We used the word 'sesame' in our name based on the legend where `open sesame' meant there were treasures inside," said Song Tang, who owns the restaurant with his wife Windy Tran. "We found that people liked to sample a lot of different items, so we feature a lunch and dinner buffet."

Caesars Entertainment, which operates Harrah's and Horseshoe resort and casino properties, said Wednesday that it won't renew its licensing deal with Paula Deen in the wake of accusations the celebrity chef used racial slurs. Caesars operates Paula Deen-themed restaurants at four of its properties, including Harrah's Joliet. That hotel and casino will change the name of Paula Deen restaurant to "The Restaurant at Harrah's" while it works on a permanent rebranding, the company said in...

A 265-pound Louisiana man says a restaurant overcharged him for his trips to the buffet, then banned him and a relative because of how much they consumed during their visits. The men said they felt discriminated against because of their size. A spokesman for the restaurant said the men were charged an extra $10 each because they dined exclusively on the more expensive seafood dishes. "We have a lot of big people there," the spokesman said. "We don't discriminate."

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and private equity firm 3G Capital will buy ketchup and baby food maker H.J. Heinz Co for $23.2 billion in cash, a deal that combines 3G's ambitions in the food industry with Buffett's hunt for growth. Including debt assumption, Heinz valued the transaction, which it called the largest in its industry's history, at $28 billion. Berkshire and 3G will pay $72.50 per share, a 19 percent premium to the stock's previous all-time high. Heinz shares...

`What time is the midnight buffet?" That's one of those silly questions heard on many a past cruise. (Maybe not so silly -- some began at 11:30 p.m.) The midnight buffet, once a staple on all cruise ships, has been disappearing from many lines in favor of smaller specialized buffets such as a chocolate feast. And with the increase of pizza parlors on the seas and 24-hour dining rooms, who needs another buffet? A lot of people, apparently. A recent Omega World Travel/CRUISE.